The Erotics of Excess : fabliaux and the power of/in language

Most of us spend a lot of time trying not to offend people when circumstances call for it. We don’t express continually through excess, though we might use that language with friends.

Aucassin & Nicolette,

or how to tell when you finally "belong" somewhere

Geographies of Difference in the Middle Ages

As we've seen, the Middle Ages are full of questions about how to define the self. In our recent discussions of Aucassin et Nicolette, we questioned the construction of hybridity — specifically, generic hybridity, but also in terms of class, race, and…